Weekend Finds

[WessThompson]

Well I got out for a couple of hunts this weekend. One yesterday at an old homestead (no longer there) in a plowed field.

The today I hit another old homestead here in Kingston.

My most exciting find was what I believe to be an 1812 British Naval cuff button...but maybe you experts out there will correct me on that!?

I also found an 1857 half penny bank token, an 1887 dime, an 1874 indian head (not pictured), 1899 and 1919 large cents (not pictured), a musketball, a shoe? buckle, and a few other odds and ends. Anyone know what the U-shaped item with the hole drilled in it is!?

Thanks for looking

Wess

 

[NealNoINIronBrigade]

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[WessThompson]

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[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[Dennis 2]

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[Jim C (Mich)]

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[Tim LaPorte IN/Iron Brigade]

Hi Wess. Great finds. The object that you are asking about is the nose cap or forend cap of a muzzleloading rifle or pistol. From the size of it I would say rifle. Usually made of brass and was attached to the wood stock with a rivet.

 

[bunn leonard]

nice looks like shoe buckle